elegy of the roses [thorned hearts: one]

It was hard for Gerald to cope himself up in this hateful world. He thought that everything could be resolved with destruction and death.

His life has always been in misery, but vague memories of him being "chosen" kept clinging onto his mind.
What did it mean to be chosen? Why him out of all people?

Along with these memories were omen of death as his best confidante died mysteriously in a locked room.

Why...?